Who was the first Defense Minister of Pakistan?

پاکستان کا پہلا وزیر دفاع کون تھا؟

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Liaquat Ali Khan

Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar

None of these

Explanation

No.	Portrait	Minister	Term
No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Liaquat Ali Khan	15 August 1947	16 October 1951	4 years, 62 days
2		Khawaja Nazimuddin	24 October 1951	17 April 1953	1 year, 183 days
3		Muhammad Ali Bogra	18 April 1953	24 October 1954	1 year, 190 days
4		General Ayub Khan	25 October 1954	11 August 1955	290 days
5		Chaudhry Muhammad Ali	12 August 1955	12 September 1956	1 year, 31 days
6		Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy	13 September 1956	18 October 1957	1 year, 35 days
7		Mumtaz Daultana	19 October 1957	18 December 1957	60 days
8		Feroz Khan Noon	19 December 1957	8 April 1958	110 days
9			9 April 1958	7 October 1958	181 days
(4)		Ayub Khan	28 October 1958	21 October 1966	7 years, 358 days
10		Vice Admiral Afzal Rahman Khan	22 October 1966	5 April 1969	2 years, 165 days
11		Yahya Khan	6 April 1969	20 December 1971	2 years, 259 days
12		Zulfikar Ali Bhutto	21 December 1971	5 July 1977	5 years, 193 days
13		Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq	14 January 1978	27 August 1978	225 days
14		Mir Ali Ahmed Khan Talpur	28 August 1978	26 February 1985	6 years, 182 days
(13)		Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq	27 February 1985	24 March 1985	25 days
15		Muhammad Khan Junejo	25 March 1985	29 May 1988	3 years, 65 days
16		Mahmoud Haroon (Caretaker)	9 June 1988	1 December 1988	175 days
17		Benazir Bhutto	4 December 1988	6 August 1990	1 year, 245 days
18		Ghous Ali Shah	10 September 1991	17 July 1993	1 year, 310 days
19		Aftab Shaban Mirani	19 October 1993	5 November 1996	3 years, 17 days
20		Shahid Hamid (Caretaker)	6 November 1996	17 February 1997	103 days
21		Nawaz Sharif	17 February 1997	12 October 1999	2 years, 237 days
22		Pervez Musharraf	12 October 1999	23 November 2002	3 years, 42 days
23		Rao Sikandar Iqbal	23 November 2002	15 November 2007	4 years, 357 days
24		Salim Abbas Jilani (Caretaker)	16 November 2007	25 March 2008	130 days
25		Ahmad Mukhtar	31 March 2008	3 June 2012	4 years, 64 days
26		Naveed Qamar	4 June 2012	15 March 2013	284 days
27		Mir Hazar Khan Khoso	5 April 2013	4 June 2013